Treatment of accidental high dose intraventricular mezlocillin application by cerebrospinal fluid exchange

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 379-381

  Kristof, Rudolf A ^a   Clusmann, Hans ^a,b   Koehler, Walter ^a   Fink, Klaus B ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Neurochirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrathecal; Mezlocillin; Seizures; Ventricular drainage complication

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MEZLOCILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0031954211     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.3.379     Document Type: Article

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